Zoey Tur

I'm so much more at ease now than when I was flying as Bob. Then, I was OCD about everything, always checking and looking for things. But flying as a female is effortless. I'm still checking traffic, instruments, and the radios, but it's easier to multitask, and flying is fun.

One thing I quickly discovered as a female pilot - ditch the heels!

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

When I saw that Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, I was dumbfounded! Why would Google get into bed with thieves? They've built a huge audience on the backs of copyright holders - and then they say I have to monitor them?

I knew at a very early age, about 6 years old, that there was something different about me. But being young and not being exposed to people who had gender dysphoria, or role models that you see on TV today, I didn't know what it was.

Flying as Bob, there was always stress involved.

I am not covering stories as a transgender reporter. I'm a reporter who is transgender. Otherwise, it would be like having a black reporter only cover stories about blacks or a Hispanic reporter covering stories about Hispanics.

Instead of doing what everybody else does and sue the city of Los Angeles, I decided I was going to run for mayor.

Transgender people really are misunderstood.

On May 6, 2013, I started hormone replacement therapy and began transitioning. I was very depressed, which is not uncommon for people with gender dysphoria. Two hours after my first estrogen injection, my depression went away for the first time in my life.

I love breaking news. And I was always trying to create the new, the next thing in television news. So I was the first to do overnight news.

Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America.